The best personal defense is an explosive counterattack.
Speed is the absolute essence of any form of combat
A smart man only believes half of what he hears, a wise man knows which half.
Aggressiveness carries with it an incalculable moral edge in any combat, offensive or defensive.
If it is ever your misfortune to be attacked, alertness will have given you a little warning, decisiveness will have given you a proper course to pursue, and if that course is to counterattack, carry it out with everything you've got! Be indignant. Be angry. Be aggressive.
We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene.